The Founder's Table
One-to-one with Elango. Monthly session, quarterly on-site, a direct line in between. Their agenda, not mine.
Six clients. Ever.
6 seats · 2 open for 2027
Banded by on-site frequency and whether a board seat is included. Bands as at 26 August 2026.
For a founder or principal building something that will take twenty years, who needs one person who will say when the ladder is wrong.
This is not for someone who wants an accountability partner or a sounding board. There are better and cheaper people for that, and I will name three of them.
No curriculum. That is the definition of the tier.
There is no curriculum. That is the definition of the tier — a Program has a syllabus, and this does not. You bring the agenda; it is your year, not mine.
What is fixed is the shape. A monthly working session, long enough to actually get somewhere. A quarterly on-site, at your operation, with your people, because there are things you cannot see over a video call. And a direct line in between, used at your discretion, which in practice means four or five times a quarter and occasionally at eleven at night before a board meeting.
What you are buying is not access to advice. Advice is in the books and they cost six hundred rupees. What you are buying is someone who has the whole structure in their head, has been inside your numbers for a year, and has no incentive to tell you the ladder is fine when it is not.
Four things, honestly stated.
There is no application fee and no discovery call script. These four answers tell me whether this is the right tier — and if it is not, I will say which one is, including when the answer is “none of them yet”.
What the objective is, in one sentence.
What you currently hold — the honest inventory, not the website version.
What you have already tried that did not work.
Who else advises you, and on what.
Questions about The Founder's Table
Answered plainly, with the real figures. If something here is wrong, tell us and it goes in the log.
₹60L to ₹1cr+ per year on an annual retainer, banded by on-site frequency and whether a board seat is included. The term is twelve months, renewable, and the tier is application only. There is no application fee and no discovery-call script. Bands are published as at 26 August 2026.
Six clients, ever — a ceiling by design rather than a launch offer. As at 26 August 2026, two seats are open for 2027. When the tier is full the page says full, and there is no reserve capacity that appears for a large enough number.
A monthly working session of three hours on the client's agenda, prepared on both sides. A quarterly on-site day at the operation, including sessions with the client's team without the client in the room. A direct line in between, used at the client's discretion. And once a year, the whole portfolio scored against the objective, in writing, with an as-at date on it.
Anyone who wants an accountability partner or a sounding board — Elango will name three better and cheaper people for that. There is no curriculum in this tier, so it suits a founder or principal building something on a twenty-year horizon who needs one person willing to say when the ladder is wrong.
By answering four questions: what the objective is in one sentence; what you currently hold, as an honest inventory rather than the website version; what you have already tried that did not work; and who else advises you, and on what. There is no application fee. Every application is read and answered, including the declines.
A different shape of access.
The Board Seat
Quarterly advisory to a family group’s board or a founder’s leadership team. Portfolio governance, deliberately not operations.
Certified Practitioners
Trained practitioners deliver AQ, Flywheel and CCi work under licence. I review the output. I do not deliver it.